Binkadi 1 Group

The group "Binkadi 1" is part of the cooperative COOBAD and is located in Agboville, a town in eastern Cote d'Ivoire and about two hour's drive from Abidjan. The group is composed of six persons.

Rene is 35 years old, and he is a member of the group Binkadi 1. He takes care of three persons at home. He has been a part of the cooperative COOBAD for four years, and he has 7 hectares of cocoa with Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certification, which means he respects the principles and standards of sustainable agriculture.

Thanks to loans, he is going to be able to purchase some fertilizers for his plantation. These products will enable him to augment his production and thus to increase his revenues.

Additional Information

More information about this loan

This loan is part of Advans Côte d'Ivoire's Cocoa Livelihoods Program, which provides credit to cocoa producers who belong to a participating fair-trade certified cooperative. This Kiva loan will thus be used to provide borrowers with needed goods or services, as opposed to cash or financial credit. In addition to credit, farmers receive technical assistance, management training, and access to high-quality agricultural inputs like fertilizer and seeds through the cooperative. To guarantee the loan and share liability, the cooperative has taken out the funds as a group. Lenders are advised that fluctuations in cocoa prices and the local climate could impact repayment.

This is a Group Loan

In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.

Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.